The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-26 00:00:00

l(IONEY AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The activity noticed in the general discount market yesterday continues unabated to-day. Bankers and brokers still evince little faith in the present condition of monetary affairs, and refuse even first-class bills under '74 per cent. Con sequently, the Bank of Eagland have transacted the larger amount of business brought forward, as the commercial public find it to their advantage to resort to the national establishment for accom modation, The Roxburgh Castle, from Melbourne, has brought X 240500. During the lest few days there has been very little animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets, Sugar has been depressed, while the dealings in coffee have been on a very restricted scale, without material change in prices. Rice, fruit, and spices have been without material altera tion in value, but tallow has been in more request, at slightly enhanced rates for both present and for ward delivery. It has been announced that the share list of the Rudiskvall and Forssa Steam Sawing Mill Com pany will close to-day for London, and to-morrow for applications from the country. The British and Netherlands India Bank has been announced under the auspices of the Merchant Banking Company of London. The capital is to be .£ 2 ,000,000, the first issue to consist of half the amount in shares of £5O each, and operations are to extend to India, China, Japan, Australia, and the Eastern Archipelago. These countries, it is said, hale outran their existing banking accommodation, and the necessity presses hard and severe upon trade in these parts for increased monetary facilities. The new institution proposes to meet this necessity by entering these large fields of enterprise, and also by stimulating the financial and commercial business of these countries. It will commence opera tions under promises of valuable and extensive support, and at a time when the joint stock prin. c►ple in banking is penetrating the East. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 661. 10c.i and very quiet. The markets for English stocks and shares are still depressed and inactive. The belief that money will be further increased influences operators to sell securities, and hence the decline in values. No alteration, however, has occurred this morning in the Funds, Consols being 898, 90 for money, and 90 1 for the account. The New Threes and Re. duced Annuitiotare 89/ ; Exchequer Bills, Bs. to 3s. die, for March, and 5s die. to par for June, India 5 per cent. 1048 I, and ditto 1 per cents. 99/. The Foreign Market has likewise exhibited an inactive appearance, with no material changes in prices. Mexican ex all are + lower, being 28/ t, but the New Stock remains at 268 ; Greek are again 23; 248; Spanish Passive, 28/ I; Turkish Consolides, 491 50/ ; and the Confederate Loan continues flat at the former decline, viz., 75 77. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, and in some instances prices have shown less firmness, Great Northern A Stock have declined about 155., and Great Eastern ss. ; while Midland have improved 15s. ; South Eastern, 55.; and Manchester, She ffi eld, and Li nco l n , and North Western, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain Without any material change. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been dealt in to a fair extent, Alliance Bank having improved to 67; London Joint Stock to 50i; Oriental Bank to 60; London and Westminster have declined to 98 99; and Hudson Bay Company to 171. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug 9 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 p er C ent. B9i i Mew 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 4th Jan. 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, ex pi re sth April, 1885 l4l Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 3i p er C en t. 5 Do £SOO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5i per Ct. Do Account — INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1883 Do Certificates Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do bi per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1860 DJ Bonds £l,OOO Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Do 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent . Do Acc oun t .. — Do 1 pe r C en t. (D e f erre d 3 per Cent.).. Chilian 6 per C en t — Do Colombian 4i pei 6 pert ...... Cs • Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent, 1864 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Egyptian 7 per. Cent lO2l I i Do, Second Issue - lO2/ Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons --- Do Account 231 4/ Do Coupons Do Account 4 Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(slaremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 6 p er C ent, 1861 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c.. — die Do 6 per (lent. Anglo• French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish. — I .mperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. Do 4/ per Cent., 1862 — De Account rextuguese 3 per Cent , 1853 Do Account _ Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62:3 — Do Account 47 i Rwsian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9ll 8/ 2 Do 41- per Cent., 1850 .. 85f Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 • Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £3O paid — Pm Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish .3 per Cent _Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Pas s i ve Do Account 2Bl "Vanish Cert. of Coup not funded — S o Account we * dish, 4 per Cent --, pna Scrip, 160 ad a ark' s t i 6 per Ce p nt i . 1854 .. ' DoDo Acc oun t 8 per Cent. 1858. A cco unt 72 120 R.lOO Bonds 0 6 per Cent. 1862 D 0 Ac count o £lOO Bonds 7O 69} Do 1863 ~.. Do Guaranteed 4 per Cent. Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account 22i 1)o 6 per Cent., 1862 3) o Account .. ..... Do Scrip £3O . paid .... :k die Do 1i per Cent .................... 7 4 Dividends on the above payable in London, Austrian, 5 per Cent._ Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 41 p er Cent., .Kx. 25f. . Do Account... ....... -- Dutch 21 p er Cent. Ex. 12" Gui.l i ""'• •• -• Do 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... jai Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex.ii i r ' a l' e ';: . '6il a Do Account .......... . French Rentes, 2 par Cm:4. - veruvian Dollar Bonds, 4} per •Ct.Ex •. 4: -- Viedniontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f ..... : —, . ..7 9 ; . 0 t9 ' O'CLOCK. 0 W i . Console Money •• ........... . Do Acc ount r.................... Liverpool Cotton Market—This Da' • A fair amount of business going on at l ast Friday's ra t es. Sales probably 7,000 bales. Ditto EastAnclian st GreatNorthot Scotland 'Great l'.;orthern Do A stock Do ii do Gt. S. and W. of Irelano Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & orkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,..t S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Ser.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Miming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Keat Do Cray Line North British Edict, Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiem Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London BRITISH Y 138 140 160 16: 128 13! 90 9: €9l 601, 118 i 1181 70 7t 105 (06 45 47 116 k 117 (J 8 69 64i (5i 113 114 137} 133 100 all all all 100 all 100 100 16.13.4 10S 110 54 65 25 tf3 IQBi IG9I 644 654 96 97 126 129 1 2 p 81 83 1O 11} 125 130 38 40 58 60 35 87 93i 94 103 105 8 9 s7i 38} 10111}0 Ei 9 4 P 165 170 6 7 3 4 p 105 110 83 36 SS.E !SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY mutts AND 5T00.6.5. Mare Railways. raith i Closing Business Ptide. done. J.. l 3.14;! 181 r.. Tfol:,ikta Btr. Val ti4lltt tthd Tyne. I Bristol and Exeter Caledonian -.-.• Cork and Banden C0rnwa11....;.. $ El Do A f A gets no div 13 yllGpc.pan.has been paid to B. Dnbli & Belfast June. i r 3 tin.,Perth.&Ab, June. !Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 9 9i 85 BT 124 125 6 7 35 36 16 17 91 93 110 112 48 49 7k 71 311 are 100 Sk 1 20 Do New . North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Juuetion. 'Scottish Central 2134 lu 100 ioo 100 stock stook Scot. N. E. ' Aber. stool, Do Scot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South. Devon....— South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. ,an dWok Stockton & Darlington' Do Do New, ISBG Taff Pale DoB Do C stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock. Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim 1 Waterford tt Kilkenny' %Vest Cornwall W. Hartlepool HarAR West Midland --o Mord Do Newport Do Hereford Railways SIUNS. Itlantio & St Lawrenot Bom.,Barodatt•Cent Ind Go. 5 per oent ... Do. New ..• • • Paid. all 100 fltock stock Closing Price. 59 61 102 IC3 Do. E. 5hare5......... Bullalo and Laae Huron Do. Prereronoe Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187.4 Do. do. July 1, 187 , , Do. do. Juno 1, i Clcutta. az S. Eastu. (Lilo Cape Town (t Dock Scri; Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. I East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. I Do. do. G Ext..... stock Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Prcf. Bondi.. Do. do. deterred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. cio. deferred...... Gt.lndiarentn.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. a .. Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of Indla(Lhn guaranteed 5 per cent.l Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't Do. 54 g. o. do. '77-8. ... Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. 4 p. 0. Extension De. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Buds. Meib. & Hobson's Bay., Do. 7 p. c. nortg. Newßrersxviok zCandu Class A and B N.lll.(rdas pa Ist pi liclti i Soinde .......... I Do. Delhi .., • ...; i !Do. do „. a z i.. 0 I .... Do. Puujaub r 5. Do. Do. ........ 5,„, Do. Indus. St. Flo.) all 100 (100 f 100 ) 2 ) all par p at 61 8 9 77 82 77 8! 77 82 99 ;60 S:5 97 104 106 102 103 I 1 0 z 19 20 72 74 61 63 66 68 55 57 48 5: 43 15 29 31 27 29 103 104 BFI 100 102 91 10 11 106 f; 89 91 82 81 d fp 100 )0L 03 95 80 92 6O 1 I 118 1 105 j 5 44 11506 i 93i - 9 65} 5 111 I 1371 63i Of I Business done IC3i 102 lo:1 t 99i 100 2 100 901 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. (an.Goy. 6p.c.jr. ttJ ul) 1877-84 ... 100 99 101 93 I Do. Bp. c. Feb. & Aug 100 100 103 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 100 103 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July 10C 88 30 89 8 173 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 83 90 Cape G.llope, d p 0,1873 100 404 106 Do.Ap a& Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 lt9 111 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 105 107 INatal Gov. 6 per cent 100 106 ICB - ,N.8.G0v.6 pm. Ja.&,Jul) 100 9) 101 Do. 6P. c.Ap. & Oat. 100 - N. S. V. G ov. 5 p 3•,186( 100 97 99 Du. sp. C.,18/1 to 187 E 100 97 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwelt 100 973 983 97 4 New Zealand 6 p cent, 100 - iNova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. . . lOO 100 102 IQueensland Gcv. 6p. c 100 103 103 IS.Aus G6p.e.1878.&up 100 106 108 - IVio.Gov. 6 p.c. Jadauly 100 - Do. lo 6 p.a. An.&oot.. 100 110 111 1101 1 --- BRITISH MINES. 2 ICambrian Consol. Gold 1 I jd ullfford Amalgamated 33 34 Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ; 1 575 685 East Bassett (Mogan).' 30 66 63 —• East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 273 233 East Cam Brea.... E. FPI Russel (Tavistk ) 8.13.0 43 5 - pam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ; 581 6 8 Great South 'nips. I G. Wheal Vor (nelston, 40 28 30 29 Grenville . • 6.16. t 61 73 Remd's-Foot . 8.12 88 40 , ilingston Downs 4.18.0 31 43 - ILady Bertha Margaret (tJny Lelant 93 8 10 Starke Valley.. 4 Bondy Iron Oro (Lim ) 23 11 I d New Setun l9l 75 85 • North Downs 23 13 2 N.Wh'l Ilasset(lllo4an, 3.1.0 13 13 North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 31 43 Par Consols (St. Blazey' 20 Providence(lJny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 39 41 South Caradon(St.Cleer 13 455 475 S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 45 60 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 ramar Sil v.& Lead Min - Pin Crort 9 37 18 West Basset (Illogan) l3 9 10 1V Cr radon ( Liskeard) 5 15 17 West Seton Wheel Basset (Mogan) 53 873 92i Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 27 29 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - I WhealLudeott - Wheal MaryAnni s Men ) 8 13 15 Wheal 3eton 583 225 230 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 !Wheal Union 3.17 13 2 PREFERENCES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. atllo per cent. pm., 1121 Ditto, 5 per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent., IC6i London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. prof, 87 RES. PREFERENCE ,SHARES ANDISTOCEs. London, Brighton, &e., 4i per cent., 1858, 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& London, Tilbury, and Southend, ICO FOREIGN RAILWAY &, Great Luxembourg', 10 i San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 101 West Flanders, 7i FOREIGN MINER. Cape Copper, Um., f Fortuna (limo, 31 St. John dcl Rey 381 7f United Mexican lima, 5 Yuciauanitutana of S. Australia, Rm., 2f BANKS., Agra and Mlsterman's (la),'" - Ditto (£5), 27 Alliance (Lim). 67 Ditto, new, 60i ; Chartered Ban" , of India, Australia, and Shina, Ditto, new, 391 fit Consolidated Bank, lira., Ili i East London, lira., 8 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered,:2 2 l European Bank, lira., 14} Hindustan, china, and Japan (UM.), Ditto, new, 211 Imperial Bank of India, ;Mina, and Japan, lira., ea a Imperial Ottoman,:l6i Land llortc.rage Bank of India, lira., 5 1 London and Brazilian (lhm), 4 8 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 81 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 25 London and County, 74/ 51 London Joint Stock, 50i London and Northern, Rm., 221 London and South African, 24i London and 11 estminster, Merchant Bank, iim 24l 5 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 27/ National of Liverpool, limited, Ditto, new, 53 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lira,, 13f South Eastern, lira., 71 si UnionUniono of f l A r t e i l s a t i r i a i l , ia, lim s :, 2 24 Union of London, i 4 31ISCELLANEOLTS. Berlin Water Works, Urn., Commercial Union, Insurance, Di Credit MOM( r, lti Discount Corporation, 15k Egyptian Cora. and Trading, lira, Electric Telegraph, len Fore-street Warehouse, Tim., 7; 8 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lint, 71 Ditto, new, 41 Home and C )lonial A ssurance, Inn , 6; Hudson's Bay, 171 Imperil Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 9 International Financial society, Tim., 10 9k International _Land Credit, Tim., 3i Joint Stock Discount, lila., 71 London Financial 4s.sQciatiPP, Tina., 27A 58 CO 3 5 82 84 104 101 100 101 r i I p 0 101 p 93 25 TIIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1864. nobody anticipates. It would be admissible, although not a source of pride, if the Government declared that over ruling circumstances rendered it impossible to execute the treaties : that their utility was gone, and that the ground was cleared for a line of action they had hitherto debarred us from. But to connive at them, ignore them, hush them up ; at one time to call them immaterial because the casus fosdcris has not arisen, and when it has disastrously oc curred to hang them in silence ; to pretend that we are ready to enforce the guarantee of Russian Saxony, while that of Schleswig perishes without apology before us, is inadmis sible, derogatory to the Crown and not to be encouraged by the Legislature. That course the Government will now have the opportunity of .quitting. I will not detain your lordships but move for the correspondence I have asked for. Earl GRANVILLE declined to enter upon a discussion of the question whether the honour of England had or had not been lowered by the conduct of the Government, see ing that both houses of Parliament had recently come to a formal vote on the subject. As to the conditions of the Treaty of 1852, the British Government found that the) were the only one of the contracting parties which was pre pared to adhere to its provisions, and to that extent there • fore it might be regarded as modified. Some remarks having been , made by the Marquis of CLA.NRICARDE, who deprecated further discussion, and expressed a hope that there would be no more talk abou t bringing the "moral influence of England" to bear upon foreign matters, Lord CAMPBELL, in reply, stated that, according to De Twiss, in his well-known work on the Danish Duchies, the treaty of Kiel had revived all our former treaties of amity with Denmark. The controversy was between the President of the Council on the one hand and Dr Twigs upon the other. At the same time, he (Lord Campbell) admitted that if the guarantees were not enforced, it was better for the country and the world they should not be held valid, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OP LORDS—Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at b o'clock, there having been a Royal Commission, at which certain bills reoseived the royal assent.' THE SCOTTISH CLERGY DISABILITIES BILL. The Commons' amendments to this bill were agreed to. DENMARK. Lord CAMPBELL said—My lords, I trust that I shall not oppose the.wishes of the house in now proceeding with my notice, in spite of that which has been given by a noble earl over the way, and which opens a wider field in regard to foreign policy. I should have been inclined to with draw mine, although his was subsequently given and stands for a later day, were it not that such a course would de prive a noble marquis near mo (Lord Clanricarde), long versed in these affeira, of the latest opportunity for dis • cussing our present situation. My lords, it will be easy to explain the question I propose to put, as to whether the Treaty of 1852 and the older treaties relative to ,echleseciec have any further international validity, and the motion I submit for recent correspondence on the subject. Accord ing to a general impression, the reverses and the losses our diplomacy has suffered impose some line of action, or at least suggest it, to redeem our credit, to reinstate our influence, and to indemnify to the Continent to the greatest possible extent for the evils our discomfiture has so lately brought upon it. But until these treaties are in some degree considered and disposed of, no such compen sating line appears feasible or offered. They bind us to uphold a past or at least an evanescent situation, and do not well admit of our being parties to a new one. They pledge us to sustain a fabric which is crumbling, and hardly seems to warrant us in building on the vacancy. At the same time, my lords, it is far from my intention to disparage them. The proposition I have hazarded— viz , that a new line of action, if required, would rather make it logical and just to dwell upon their gravity. The clearest ground for the necessity of diplomatic and poli tical repair is that in the torrent of events we have de parted from engagements not to be denied, and hitherto held sacred. As regards the Treaty of 1852, which is so familiar, nothing need be said, except that its apparent aim is a serious disparagement to the country under whose auspices it came into existence, and by whom it has been so frequently and ineffectually ap pealed to. The gravity of those treaties by which the Duchy of Schleswig has been guaranteed to Den mark bears far more than one consideration. Although they date from 1720 they also date from 1814. It is a fal lacy to think that they are buried like an ancient temple in the dust which ages heap upon it. At the end of the great war the Treaty of Kiel revived and re-established them. Besides this, in 1826, Great Britain recognised and acted on treaties identical in scope, in character, and circum stances. Mr Canning, in defending the British expedition to the Tagus,stood upon two guarantees of Portugal—given, one in 1661, the other in 1703, and of which both were re established at the Treaty of Vienna. It will thus be seen by your lordships that the guarantees of Schleswig were coeval in their second birth with those of Portugal, and less remote in their original concession. The principle of Mr Canning with regard to those of Portugal went to the ex tent that the faith and honour of the country were involved in their observance, no matter how great the risk it might contain, no matter how doubtful or minute the British interest connected with it. Mr Canning, in his famous speech of December, 1826, was not the leader of a party only, but the organ of an empire.. The country acted on the doctrine he advanced, and took a measure which, although it ended in the quick and bloodless victory of right, might have embroiled us not only with Spain, but France, and the three despotic Powers which impelled them against Portugal. If, therefore, and the point will hardly be contested, the guarantees of Portugal and the guaran tees of Schleswig stand on the same basis, the indirect acknowledgment which the last received in 1826 was bril liant and emphatic. No English politician can see Schles wig torn from Denmark without the same regret, at least the same humiliation he would feel if Portugal was con quered. He must desire a compensation and a balance for a result by which the credit of Great Britain is so inju riously altered. But the lapse of treaties ana oblivion of engagements is not the only ground for seeking a new policy. The general position of the Continent can hardly fail to offer us another. He cannot help observing every tendency and movement which Great Britain would desire to avert. We see France, to avoid all exaggeration, colder than she used to be. We see Russia and the German Powers obviously combining. If they were not combined, could Denmark have been trampled on ? Do you believe the German Powers would have ventured on that course had Russia actively discoun tenanced it? If they had not combined, could Poland have been cast into a deeper tomb than that which formerly cog pressed her ? If they had not combined, would Austria have been detached from the path on which a year ago it was the triumph of the Foreign-office to have set her, and from which she has relapsed into the ancient mire she had quitted? We see upon the Continent—these are facts which cannot be disputed—the objects of the country baffled, and her remonstrances despised. Let any one compare in foreign policy the Britain of 1815, or that of 1826, or that of 1841, with that of the present moment; he must be tempted to indulge in terms, which I, in order to avoid the semblance of heat, shall studiously refrain from. But what, my lords, enhances the regret adds to the desire of reparation. In any foreign capital we should hear some thing of the errors from which the situation had arisen. In Copenhagen we should hear that the despatch of Sep tember, 1862, had lent an impulse to the German move ment which never afterwards subsided. This very day, a well-known journal has a letter from that city, alleging, what indeed we knew before, that its inhabitants attribute to that despatch the tide of evils which engnlfs them. At Paris we should be informed that the obstacles presented by Great Britain to the Congress in November had altered the alliance, had estranged the Emperor, at the very moment when the death of the King of Denmark and the im pending crisis made such consequences doubly alarming. And will any one at present venture to assert that the latent and contingent inconveniences, which perhaps resided in the project of a Congress, outweighed the broad and pal pable calamities which its refusal has inflicted upon Europe. At St. Petersburg we should be told of the delu sion which led our Foreign-office to count on Russia in the autumn, when our conduct on the Polish question had excited her resentment; when the Russian and the German objects were identical upon. the Baltic; when the necessity and policy of Russia was to exchange supptirt and succour both at Berlin and Vienna. In any capital the English traveller would hear that to insist upon the Conference without preliminary measures to support it w as to ru n into inevitable failure. It was said before the Conference began, and this will be admitted, that success alone can vindicate a measure which at the outset all the world condemns as idle for its purpose. If it is true, my lords, after a brief and unimpassioned view of what has happened, that cur treaties have been sacrificed, if it is true that our objects have been baffled, and also that our errors are conspicuous, I venture to maintain that a desire must suggest itself for something in the nature of an indemnifying policy. To rescue Denmark is assumed to be impossible, But the fragment of that kingdom can not stand alone without the territory which we have not been able to secure to it. It is hardly requisite to show that a nation composed of North Jutland and the islands, reduced in population and revenue, no longer leading on the Baltic, without a military frontier, assailable by Germany from Sles wig, assailable, by Germany on the sea coast, and at the same time the ekject of its wishes, would not be able to main tain ie.self. Eventually it must become absorbed in Ger roreny, unless a Scandinavian union happens to preserve it. Both in Sweden and in Denmark a considerable party are known to lean to such an union. If the treaty of 1852 is gone, dynastic circumstances favour it. Before now its advantages to Europe have been stated. But they are summed up in the jealousy with which —as the despatches before your lordships show—it is re garded at St. Petersburg. What inspires that jealousy ? A Scandinavian union could not act aggressively on Russia: Its population could not go beyond 10,000,000, while that of - Russia, as your lordships well know, is 70,000,00'd. The jealousy arises from the fact, and only from, the fact, that such an union would retard the growth e.,i Russian power on the Baltic. While Russia menaces Ithe East, defies the treaty of Vienna, detaches Austria from the wholesome concert in which the Western Powers had succeeded in engaging her, it is not our policy to encourage her maritime ambition on the Baltic, .)n the contrary, it teems to be our policy to check it. No doubt, my lords, the union of she Scandinavian countries could not be promoted except by France and Great Britain cordially co-operating, Such a line could only be pursued 'with tenderness to vested rights, to popular ideas, and diplomatic complications. It could only be pursued by cautious steps and well-concerted movements. But before it is denounced as visionary or irrelevant, your lordships ought to glance at the alternative. The alternative con tains a series of intelligible evils, When Denmark lapses altogether into Germany, you have to bear the unmitigated triumph of that false and hypocritical aggression, which has shocked us; the no less complete humiliation of the power whose diplomacy endeavoured to restrain it; the aggran disement of Russia at the Baltic through her influence on Germany; the defencelessness of Sweden no longer fortified by Denmark ; the right of any country strong enough to kindle war in Europe when its balance had so materially altered ; the general decline of public law after the blows it would receive and the encroachments it would suffer in the event lam supposing. But whether or not we ought to favour Scandinavian union as the best result of the misfortunes which have happened to ourselves and to the world. Dismissing altogether such a topic, it is still essential to determine the operation of the treaties which the notice has referred to. Were it our policy to make Denmark German, or to sustain her weak, denuded, and dismantled in her islands, the question would not be irrelevant. No line of action seems to be legitimate until we understand the manner in which the treatises bear upon us. It would be satisfactory, no doubt, if the Government would say that they continued to acknowledge) them, that combinations might be yet formed for giving them effect, that it was not too late to rescue Denmark, and recover our honour. Such language all would hail, and NEW ZEALAND LOAN BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the New Zealand Guarantee of Loan Bill, which had come up With the sanction of the Commons. The Earl of MALME SBURY condemned the measure as one of questio nable p olic y , a nd said that if the colonies had d very little todepenalipon their own u na id e d e ff or t s we s h ou ld hear more. of colonial wars. Should additional troops be required in New Zealand a portion of our Indian forces ought to be employed, Lord LYVEDEN also doubted the policy of the mea sure, but contented himself with protesting against it. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE stated that the British troops felt no disinclination whatever to the service in case they were called on to perform it. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH feared that the colony would not be able to fulfil its obligation s , The Earl of DONOTJGHMORE also protested against the policy of guaranteeing the loan, and thought it would have been better had we made the colony a present of the money. The Earl of HARROWBY supported the bill, which was then read a second time. Several other bills were also advanced a stage—and Their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAIER took the chair at three o'clock. STANDING ORDERS. Colonel V. PATTEN drew the attention of the house to the report of the committee appointed to revise the stand ing orders in reference to private bills which was presented some time bask, and he moved that the house should agree to that portion of the report which provides for referees in regard to the transaction of private business. Sir J. SHELLEY said th at he di d not consider the beneficial effect, oppose them at that d would produce not an butalt e r u s t t ion p the s same r 0 p O t S i O m d e w he oul advanced stags of the session. Lord R. COIL differed from the hon. baronet, and supported the report. Mr S. FITZGERALD objected to the report, as an in jurious innovation, which would have the effect of depriv ing the house:tilts legitimate control over private business. He trusted that the old standing orders would be reverted to if the alteratims now proposed should not prove suc cessful. (Amongst the alterations proposed by the new orders, it was provided that the number of members should be re duced from five three.) Mr 11. BAILLEE and Lord HOTHAII objected to the pro posal, but the noble lord said he would not object to the number being reduced to four. . _ Mr BOUVERIE considered that the jurisdiction in matters of private business should be retained, but in order to accomplish that the pressure on members should be light ened. He cowequently was in favour of the reduction pro posed. Sir E. COLEBROKE said that in his opinion a smal number of members would not command so much respect and confidence as a larger one, and on that ground he op posed the reduction. ROYAL COMMISSION. The discussion was interrupted by Colonel Clifford, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, summoning the members to the Upper House, to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several bills. STANDING ORDERS. On the return of the Speaker and the members by whom he was accompanied, the discussion was resumed. . . . . Mr PAULL said that he could not, consistently with what he considered was due to the interests of the public, consent to a reduction of the existing number of the mem bers of committees on private bills. Mr M. GIBSON objected to the alteration on practical grounds, as it would give what he considered an undue influence to the chairman. If they could secure the attend ance of three members, the case would be different, and he thought the number should not be reduced below four. After some further discussion the House divided, and the numbers were— For the reduction • 67 Against it , 74 Majority ..--7 Lord IL CECIL then moved that the committee should consist of four. _ Mr. M. GIBSON supported the amendment. The house divided on the technical motion that the oommitAtegeasinlasotulitd . b . e . o . o s s . e . d . o . .. ........ B7 For the motion.... 55 Ma.lerftY .............. Colonel W. PATTEN then moved that the number should be reduced to four, upon which the house again divided. ne seskoser efddat h ANDe For the reduction to four.. Against .......... .. After score desultory conversation, .... ....... course -s :: 4 N B vhich hope that the question as to committees two votes should be adjourned until to-morrow at the postponed, 0 Lord vTs tihnp geo ß nd . te et adIE debate i hw L a i thentierx3mp ar evening sitting. ARTIFICERS IN THE DOCKYARD. e e ile as k a question relative to the subject of the amcunt of re • csthat he would, to-morrow, muneraticn of artificers employed in the Dockyards. hx G e I I ciau T s Mr FERRAND gatvh whether the S M ec E r A eta S r lj y ß to ES the Treasury standardsofand weight measure had been adjusted and reverified, in pursuance of an Secretary of State for the Home Dopartraent on the 29th M r Dd U WEIGHTS July, 1862, to the effect " that measures had already been taken for the accomplishment of that object.:" whether the standards recently taken out of the wall of Parliament have been compared with those at assurance given by the Exchequer; and+ if so ave whether any and what discre pancy was found to exist. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Mr CRAWFORD asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether it was the intention of the Lords Commissioners to appropriate any portion of Greenwi c h Hosp i ta l f or t h e re ception of worn out and disabled sea , e a 0 ., r the marehant service ? DEDUCTIONS BY Tilt I TREASURY. Mr HOWES asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the cpinion of the law officers of the Crown had been given on the construction of the act 19 and 20 Vic. c. 69, s. 16, re specting certain deductions made by th e Treasury from the Government contribution of one-fourth part of the charge for the pay and clothing of the police in counties and boroughs, and whether he would state the effect of such opinion ? Mr PEEL said that the law advisers of the Crown were of opinion that such deduction wa,s lawful. FOREIGN PASS PORTS. Mr D. GRIFFITH asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the exemption of British subjects from the demand for passports in France exempts them also from their passports being demanded and given over to the custody of the captain on going on board French passenger steamers in the Mediterranean and elsewhere. Mr LAYARD said that he could not give accurate in. formation on the subject. THE WAR IN AMERICA. Mr LINDSAY asked the First Lord of the Treasury, this,ow her Powers Majesty' s f country E have suffered by the w if, considering the grea t sacrifice of li fe and property occasioned by the war still raging bet ween the United States of America and the Confederate S rues, and consider cinoagnrc,it theert is lo s t s h withte intention o h t e h p e eo o p t h le e of r urope, to use their Government, in endeavours to bring about a suspension o f hostilities. Lord PALMERSTON said that ho could assure his hon. friend that the subje ct of the loss of life and property consequent on the unf ortunate hostilit ies in America occupied the attention of the Government, but it was not considered advisable to interfere even by acting in concerl with other Powers in the internal affairs of America. FORTIFICATIONS BILL. ._ foundation, On the order for reading the Fortifications (Provision for Expenses) Bill a third t ime, Mr OSBORNE drew attention to the alterations which had been made in the original plan for the defences of Portsmouth,,by the aban donment of the fort on the Stour at Spithead, on and the effect of b a c r i c d o g u e nt s h o o r a t l h c e o rimatnodfi n a g solid the anchorage which would be a considerably increased expense. He also indulged in some animadversions upon the still de fective state of our ordnance, upon which in the five years between 1858 and 1863, upwards of two millions and a half had been expended, yet up to this moment only 2,370 guns had been issued to the two services, of which no more than 799 were 100-pounders. It was the opinion of Admiral Halstead, a flag officer on the active list, that the British navy was without any gun or armour plated ship warfare ; while the Royal commissioners reported that the only gun we could rely upon was the old 68-pounder smooth bore. In fact, he believed we had not a gun for our ships, and it was very doubtful whether we had a gun to put on the Portsmouth forts when they were finished. He con tended, as he had always done, that the proper defence of our shores ought to be confided to the navy—and he pro tested against this system of digging holes for the pur pose of burying millions in. It was time that the house should pause in its career of reckless expenditure, and en deavour to see if it could not lay out the public money more advantageously by improving and adding to our naval efencea. The Marquis of HAUTINGTON disputed the conclu sion that the country was in so helpless a condition as Mr Osborne would lead the house to believe. He admitted that it had become necessary, for the reason stated by the hon. member, to abandon the site of one of the intended forts ; but that circnmstance involved only a slight modi fication of the original scheme for the fortifications of Portsmouth. If delay had occurred it was very mainly attributable to the difficulties created by Mr Osborne and his friends. With regard to guns, the noble marquis entered at some length into a detailed statement of the pro ceedings of the War-office and the Admiralty in the endea vour to supply the services with an efficient weapon ; and added that experiments with the 600-pounders had been remarkably satisfactory, and proved that they would do all that could reasonably be expected from them. Although wo were not quite so advanced in respect of ordnance as he could desire, he saw no reason why, by the time the forts were completed, they should not be armed with a portion of 600-pounders at least, and the remainder of guns of smaller calibre. Referring to an unfavourable comparison which Mr Osborne had drawn in the matter of ordnance with the French navy, the noble marquis observed that that was a subject upon which great misapprehension prevailed, for the French ships were still armed with old 32-pounders, which had been rifled and converted into breech-loaders, and would not carry a charge cf powder beyond eight or nine pounds. After some remarks from Captain JERVJS, in reply to Mr Osborne's reflections upon the Defence Commission, the bill was read a third time and passed, THE INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE BILL. On the order for reading the Indian Medical Service Bill a third time, Mr HENNESSY moved that the order be discharged, on the ground that the bill would give the Secretary of State for India the power of returning to the old system of nomination, and substituting it for the competitive system, which Parliament and the country had generally approved. Colonel NORTH seconded the motion. Sir C. WOOD explained that his object in introducing the measure was to obtain a better description of medical officers for the Indian service ; and the bill would enable the Secretary for India to avail himbelf, for the benefit of the native forces, of such assistant surgeons as had entered the Queen's army upon public competition, and might subse quently volunteer for the Indian army. The bill was also opposed by Mr Monsell, Mr Lysley, and Sir E. Colebrooke ; and upon a division the motion of Mr Hennessy was carried against the Government by 46 to 44. The bill was therefore lost, The Defence Act Amendment Bill and the Cranbourne. street Bill were read a third time. A warm discussion arose upon the motion of Mr Villiers to go into committee on the Poor Relief (Metropolis) Bill, the object of which is to provide for the relief of the casual poor within metropolitan limits; objection being taken to the rating powers with which the measure proposes to vest the metropolitan Board of Works as contrary to their proper and legitimate functions. Upon the understanding, however, that the bill should not extend beyond the Ist of April next tLe opposition was withdrawn and the bill passed through commit,:f+e. The Naval Discip;fne Bill was read a second time. On the order for committing the Mutual Surrender of Criminals (Prussia) Bill, Mr WHITE complained that as the convention on which this measure was founded was only concluded on the sth of March last, it was unseemly and indecorous to in troduce such a bill at that period of the session. The con duct of Prussia was not of a nature to encourage the house to legislate in this way. He moved that the house should go into committee on that day month. Mr LAYARD said that the extradition powers conferred by the bill were precisely similar to those which were conceded to France, Italy, and other states, and it had nothing whatever to do with crimes of a political character. Lord R. CECIL could not agree that the political element was excluded. What the house had to keep in view was the law of conscription, which was sometimes made the instrument for perpetrating acts of gross oppres sion where it existed. And under this bill any man in the Prussian army who might break through a barrack and escape to England would come within the scope of the bill and be liable to be returned to Prussia as a burglar. The ATTORNEY GENERAL explained that the crime charged against the person whose extradition was required must be one clearly understood and known to the law of England. Mr FITZGERALD said that a man might be a political refugee in this country, and having been convicted of home crime in his absence might, under this bill, be demanded from the British Government. There ought to be a provi sion in the bill to guard against such a conviction as that. Lord PALMERSTOI N T stated that the treaty and the bill required that proof should be given to satisfy her Majesty that if the offence charged had been committed in this coun try it would, according to law, justify a remand. It was clear that no political offender could be claimed under the treaty. Mr J. LOCKE was opposed to straining a point in favour of Prussia, who was doing all she could to put down liberty on the Continent; and it was the duty of Parliament to guard against her invasion of our shores to seize upon political refugees. Mr FERRAND was of opinion that more time ought to be given hon. members to see that the treaty was in accord ance with other extradition treaties. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said that the treaty with Prussia was exactly the same as that with France, and that English judges might be safely entrusted with the execution of its provisions when embodied in an act. Mr FITZGERALD —That might be so, but the act of Parliament giving effect to the treaty was entirely different. For under the present bill a fugitive convicted of crime in Prussia might be given up on the production of an authen ticated certificate of his conviction and proof of his identity, Not one word of that sort, however, was to be found in the French act. So far from its being identical therefore it was exactly the reverse. Sir G. GREY intimated that Mr Fitzgerald was referring to the French act of 1843, not of 1853. Lord PALMERSTON had no object ion, as there was some doubt with regard to the purport of ,:ie treaties, to adjourn the debate. The debate was thereupon adjourned until this t;', 1 3% THE VOTE OF CENSURE ON MR. LO Lord PALMERSTON moved that the house, having considered the report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the practise of the Committee of Council on Education with respect to the reports of her Majesty's in spectors of schools, was of opinion that the resolution passed on the 12th day of April last, with reference to such re ports, ought to be rescinded. The noble lord called upon the house to pass the resolution as an act of generosity and justice to the late Vice-President of Council for Education, who had been charged by the resolution agreed to on the motion of Lord R. Cecil with having mutilated the inspec tors' report—an allegation which thelinquiries of the select committee had shown to be at variance with the facts. Mr HOWES, as chairman of the committee, expressed his approval of the resolution. In tho discussion which followed, Mr Walter, Mr F. Powell, and Lord R. Cecil took part; the noble lord show ing that he was still of opinion that the Committee of Council were not justified in mutilating the reports of the inspectors of schools, or in any way altering their meaning, when they were to be placed before the house ; but as he had never made it a personal question affecting the honour of Mr Lowe he had no objection to agree to the resolution. He was gratified to find, however, that it was the intention of Sir J. Pakington to direct the attention of the house to the whole question of the constitution and practice of th e Education Department early in the next session. The resolution was then puts nd agreed to nem. con, The other business on the pper wa s also disposed of, and the house adjourned at twenty-Ave minutes to two o'clock, CONVICTION FOR MURDER IN IRELAND.—A young man named Michael Morrison has been capitally convicted at the Mayo Assize for the murder of a sub•constable named Coulon, at Castlebar, in July, 1863. He was returning to his lodgings from a friend's house, on the evening of the 26th of July, when ho was attacked in a gateway by two persons, one of whom was the prisoner, who stabbed him with a knife, inflicting a fatal wound in the neck. Upon being struck, the deceased was heard to exclaim, " Oh, Lord ! did I ever injure a man that I should be treated like that ?" and the prisoner afterwards ex claimed, " Come on, I am after striking the with a knife !" The jury were locked up for a considerable time. When Baron Deasy ret urned to court they handed down a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. The scre ams and wailing o f the prisoner's friend at the an. nouncement of the verdict were wild in the extreme. The prisoner himself wept bitterly and asked for mercy. The sce ne was renewed nex t morning, when the judge pro nounced sentence of death, to be executed on the 25th of August. GLASGOW, July 23.—Cotton —The market has been steady during the week, and prices remain unchanged. Iron—The stringency of the money market has operated adversely to the pig iron market this week, Beginning at 59s 3d cash for warrants the price has gradu ally but steadily declined, touching 57s Hid this forenoon. Just at the close 55s was realised, and buyers remained 58s lid asked. Three months, open nominally, 59s to 598 3d—G,M.B., N. 1,57 s 9j —No. 3, 57a—Gartsherrie, No. 1, 628 6d-3, 50s—No. 1, Coltness, G2s Gcl— Cilengar nook, b& 614—gliatu, 584 The South Yorkshire Colliers. The locksout of the South Yorkshire colliers, which has lasted exactly 18 weeks, has now termi• noted. At a meeting of the Coalowners' Association held at the King's Head Hotel, Barnsley, on Satur. day afternoon it was agreed that the lock-out should be removed, and the pits opened to the old hands. For the last two or three weeks the time for resum ing work depended on the Oaks and High Royd colleries, which were to have their full complement of hands before the others were opened. The Oaks has been supplied with a good number of men from Nottinghamshire and other places ; and although there may not at present be so large a staff as there was previous to the strike, yet, considering the season, the managing partner appears satisfied. At High Royd they are said to be underhanded, but the proprietors, with their machinery and in other ways, have advantages which will counterbalance a deficiency. There was groat excitement in Barns ley up to a late hour on Saturday night on it being zumoured that work was to be resumed at all the collieries locked out. The feeling was one of intense gratification, which could be read in the faces of the numerous knots of miners which were to be met with in the principal thoroughfares in the town, anxiously discussing the probability of the rumour being correct, and which to them was of such vital importance. The determination of the masters was not officially announced to the public, but it is ex pected that by Thursday the greater part of the men will be employed. The lock-out has caused a vast amount of suffering, which has been borne with great patience, and it will take a consi derable time for the men to replace what they have been forced to dispose of to keep life in them selves and their families. The loss in wages alone during the time the strike and lock-out have lasted considerably exceeds £60,000. Singularly enough, the lock-out terminated by agreement on the day when the first coat-cutting machine was introduced and tried in the Barnsley coalfield, and which is to be followed by a number of others as fast as they can be turned out. The one alluded to was tried at Messrs. Hall and Stones, High Royd Colliery, on Saturday, and was in every way satisfactory. If as successful in cutting the coal as is expected, they must work a revolution in the coal trade, and, while altering the position of our colliery population, will diminish the chance of turn-outs for the future. The machines, it is said, will cut as much as 30 tops per hour, equivalent to the labour of 25 men, and in connexion with them ponies, it is said, will be intro duced into the thick seam for hurrying purposes. Tee men who struck at the Oaks and High Itoyd Collieries continue out, and show no disposition to resume work on the old terms, and are tolerably well supported. How the termination of the lock out will affect them is not apparent, but the fact of the great body of the men resuming work will be received with satisfaction by the public, and by none with more pleasure than the colliers themselves. At the Barnsley Court-house yesterday eight colliers, named Wright, Carr, Hammerton, Simmons, Doran, Macarthy, Dundas, and Winter were charged with conspiracy. On the 16th inst., at Barnsley, they bad attacked men at the Oaks Colliery on their return from work, there being at the time a mob of 5,000 persons present. They were committed to the assizes on three charges. The Crops in Yorkshire. The hay harvest in this county is now nearly corns pleted, and on the whole has been remarkably well won, in many cases the grass having been mown one day and gathered off the ground the next. The produce varies widely in different quarters of the county. In the dales of the North Riding the unusual heat of May caused an early spring vegeta tion, which the frosts and succeeding cold of June cut down. The hill sides are not yet quite brown from the effects of frost. The absence of rain in June, followed by a very long drought, has ren dered the meadows very short of grass, and the con sequence is that the hay crop is only about half the average per acre. Pastures are very poor for want of rain, and, on the whole, present prospects for grazing and for winter fodder are anything but sa tisfactory upon the dairy farms. Further south, and in the East Riding, the drought has been less felt, but crops are below the average yield. This is causing buyers of hay to look after old stacks, where they are to be found, and prices are on the rise, with a prospect of higher figures as winter approaches. The shortness of the crop, how ever, is in some measure compensated by the splen did condition in which all the hay has been won, no rain having fallen worth mention for several weeks. The corn crops, on the whole, are looking well, but are much below the standard of last har vest, although farmers mostly admit there is about an average of promise. The want of rain has caused the straw, especially of spring corn, to be short, tending to give the crops a lighter appearance on the land than. is really the case. Should the present hot weather continue there will be a rapid ripening, and harvest may be looked for in about three weeks in the forwardest parts. The pea, bean, and other crops are generally good. The turnip crop varies very muc h. In many places the fly did great injury Ito the first sowing, and there are very few early sown flats really good. The second crops got away pretty well, but the cold of June and the small rain fall of July have kept them back, and the crops as a whole will be late, bat, with a flue autumn, pretty good. The June frost caused a general destruction of the potato foliage, and as the succeeding weather has been trying, the produce is yet small in size. The crops, however, look healthy, and so far no complaint of disease has been heard. The old crop was never sold off, and many hundreds of bushels have been pulped for the cattle and pigs, and have L 'ielped out the shortness of grass in places. It is th e , opinion that this year's crop will prove sound but n ot heavy, and prices have mended considerably —2 s 6 , 3 ;per bushel being given by dealers in the field, and 'he retail price being 3s to 4s. The gene. sal desire is ,fer rain, which has been much under the avers ge ,.._.fodeed, in some of the wold districts very little rain h a o fallen this year. ............. .... DYEING FEATHE'RS.,--An important branch of the tinetorial art, that which comprises the dyeing has just been considerably of feathers intended for chest, improved in consequence of 1:11,.' discovery of the colours , e being dyed, aro sub made with aniline. Feathers , bel b. jtcted to a process of ablut ion and 2) leaching, in order to . so.-ted, they are carry off all fatty or colouring matter. For this purpose, a fter the feathers have been prop erl y treated with a lukewarm solution of about 1: 13 of soap in two of water. The feathers are left in this solution until the soap has produced its effect, and they 11:e then put into a second bath similar to the former. TheY are then carefully raised several times, and after wards bleached by exposing them to the action of sulphurous acid, obtained by the combustion of sulphur ; after which they are washed, once morn and dried. The dyeing process now begins : they aro dyed black by boiling them in a solu tion of alum and Campeachy wood, to which the sulphates of iron and copper are added ; lilac is obtained by herb-archel or chinney- weed, carmine extracted from indigo and alum; yellow of varioas shades by acetate of lead and chromate of potash, or else by annotto and a solution of potash ; green, by a solution of indigo and picric avid ; bine, by a solution of indigo and alum, or else by nitrate of iron and the yellow prussiate of potash ; and lastly, red by cochineal of Brazil wood. But much finer results aro obtained in red, violet, or blue by employing the colours obtained from aniline, which adhere to feathers with as much tenacity as they do to cotton or wool, and give them a peculiar brilliancy. The only precaution to bs observed is, to clean the feathers well before dipping them into the warm bath containing colours of aniline, and to leave them in long enough to allow the colours to penetrate. As the colours of aniline are now prepared in a dry form, the bath may consist of w ater:, into which an alcholic solution of the colouring 'nat ter ls poured. The temperature of the bath must be moderate, otherwise the feathers would be spoi*.t. SALMON FISHING IN THE NEss.—Tbe salmon takutwBit n 8 h . y the et e w rod fishing in the Ness is imp roving,b have not heard of a sing le fish being The river is very low, an d anglers know e that, under th ese circumstances, the rod and lull; are have brought of the questi on . The high tides of t he p ast wee ave up an im , m B o b e nrsiedrsgveeel:duhmeaabdlecardr g , o e f as s uosaul pa ssing ender the Suspension grilse. O n Tuesday, about raid-day, w e a by one of the largest of their num ber. Grils e now weigh as high as 8 lb., and salmon from 20 to 26 lb. D o chfour Station is yielding very little now , but on th e whole there is no reason to complain. Sea trou t are fast making their g appearance, and in many in stances they have exceeded the grilse in Siz3,—invOrness CoNrier. IMPERIAL PA. LIAXECTT HOUSE OP COMMONS.—This Day. The SrEAKER, owing to the difficulty of obtaining a n attendance of 40 members, did not take the chair till nail. past 1. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con sidered and agreed to :—Metropolitan and Saint John's Wood Railway—Alton, Alresford, and Winchester Rail way---Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (New Lines)—Dublin Improvement—North Staffordshire Rail way (New Works)—North Staffordshire Railway (Silver dale, Madeley, and Drayton)—Great Western Eailway-- North Devon aad Somerset Railway—Peterbfield and Bishops Waltham Railway—South Eastern Railway (No. 4). The following bills were read a third time and passed Kilkenny Junction Railway—Much Wenlock and Severn. Junction and Wenlock Railway Cumpanies—Aldborougb. Pier and Railway—Earl of Abergavenny's Estates—Far sontown and Portumna Bridge Railway. NAVAL DISCIPLINE BILL. This bill, containing 95 clauses, passed through com mittee without a single remark. POOR RELIEF (M.ETROPOLIS) BILL. The amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to, and on the motion that the bill b 3 read a third time, Mr J. V. MILLER expressed a hope that the President of the Poor IJ-tw Board would not allow the principle of this bill to be drawn into a precedent for future legisla tion. After a few words from Mr VILLIERS the motion was read a third time and agreed to, and the bill passed. SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was ret.d a third time and passed. BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. SALE OF GAS (SCOTLAND) BILL The Lords' amendnitnts to this bill were considered and agreed to. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were also considered and agreed to :—Burials Registration, Accidents Compensation Act Amendment, Poisoned Flesh Prohibi tion, and Justices Proceeding Confirmation (Sussex), The sitting was then suspended until six o'clock. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, July 26.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, July 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Strath• allan, from London for New Zealand, with stem and cut. water damaged—Her Majesty's ship Narcissus, from the Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, July 26.—WindN.W.—Arrived—AmoL go , from Porsgrund for New York, leaky. CLYDE, July 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Kurrechee from Havannah—D3uglas Castle, from Matanzas—Baca phalus, from Quebec. PLYMOUTH, July 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Betty, from Akyab—Anna, from Buenos Ayres—Sir Robert Sale, from London for Sydney. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning: Arrived, July 25—Nordstieomas, from Quebec—Day break, from Foo-Chow-Foo—Douglas, from Barbadoes. Sailed, July 26—Concordia, for Boulogne. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'—BAST EVENING. STEWARDS' CLIP. 10 to lon the field (offered) 15 to 1 agst Balornock (taken) 100 to 6 agst Lucky Star (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Marigold (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 2to 1 agst Thalestris (wanteded) 11 to 1 agst Blondin (offered) 15 to 1 agst Limosina (taken) GOODIVOOD CUP. Claremont Scratched. An Extraordinary Story. The Nashville Tines publishes the following roe markable letter from a young woman, telling how she pursued and shot a rebel, to avenge the murder of her lover :—" I had met Peteet, Gordenhire, and Turner on the road, and told my brother there that they were searching for Dr. Saddler to kill him. Sure enough they went to the house where he was, and, strange to me, after his warning, he permitted them to come in. They met him apparently per. fectly friendly, and said they had come to get soma brandy from Mr. Yelton, which they obtained, and immediately after drinking they all three drew their pistols and commenced firing at Saddler. He drew his, but it was snatched away from him. He then drew his knife which Was also taken from him. He then ran round the house and up a stairway, escaping out of their sight. They followed, however, and searched till they found him, and brought him down and laid him on a bed mortally wounded. He requested some of his people to send for Dr. Dillin to dress his wounds. It is strange to me why, but Saddler's friends had all left the room, when Turner went up and put his pistol against his temple, and shot him through the head. They all rejoiced like demons, and stood by till he made his last struggle. They then pulled his eyes open, and asked him in Et loud voice if he were dead. They then took his horse and saddle and pistols, and robbed him of all his money, and otherwise insulted and abused his re. mains. Now for this I resolved to have revenge. Peteet and Gordenhire being dead, I determined to kill Turner, and had to seek an early opportunity of doing it. But I kept that resolution to myself, knowing that I would be prevented. I went prepared, but never could get to see him. On Thursday before I killed him I learned that he was preparing to leave Lou. isiana, and I determined he should not escape if I could prevent it. I arose that -morning and fixed my pistols so that they would be sure to fire, and determined to hunt him all that day. Then sitting down I wrote a few lines, so that if I fell my friends would know where to look for my remains. I took my knitting as if I were going to spend the day with a neighbour living on the road toward Turner's. It rained very severely, making the roads muddy, so that became fatigued, and concluded to go back and ride next day, on Saturday. But ma rode my horse on Saturday and left me to keep house. We had company on Sunday morning, so that I could not leave, but the company left about neon, and I started again in search of Turner. I went to his house, about 21 miles from pa's. I found no one at home, and therefore sat down to await his return. After waiting, perhaps 11 hours, a man came to see Turner and not finding him, be said he supposed that he and his wife had gone to Mre Christian's, his sister-in law, who lived about one mile distant. I concluded to go there and see, fearing the man would tell him I was waiting fur him, and he would escape me. I found him there, and a number of other persons, including his wife and her father and mother. Most of them left when I entered the house. I asked Mrs Christian if Turner was gone. She pointed to him at the gate, just leav• I t a w rt e e l d ve t to run. aeea looked at the clock, and it was half.past foar p.m. I then walked out into the yard, and a s Turner was H e turned, and saw starting, called him to stop. I was preparing to shoot him. fi ne as quickly as pos sible;and missed. I fired ag ain I fired at the distance back of his head, and he fell hit him in the I fired an•ain, • and hit him in of ab il ou e t st on his face and knee. five steps of him, and stood and o f t h e shots taking effect. By this one tmhoereb,aockpl,yand he fell on his right ride. I fir e d t w i ce time I was w ithin .1 then turned round and walked asked watched toward atoktill h e was dead. the house, a n d me t M rs . Chris tian and her sister (his wife) com i ng ou t. They what I did it f or ? My response was, y o u know what he did the 13th of December last —murdered a dear friend of mine. I have been de-. termined to do this deed ever since, and I shall never regret it. They said no more to me, but come menced hallooing and blowing a horn. I got my horse and started home, where I shall stay or leave when I choose, going where I please, and suing what I please." FRANEFORT, July 22.—The Austro-Prussian proposition, requiring the Prince of Augnstenburg to give proof of his claims, had 11 votes in the Diet in its favour to five against it. These latter were Bavaria, Wnrtembnrg, Saxony, Darmstadt and the thirteenth body cf States. Persons in debt may obtain instant protection. against imprisonment or seizure of the ir goods, and an entire release from all debts and liabilities w ithout publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solic itors of the Court of Bankruptcy, Charges under £5 pa y a ble by ea s y inst a l ments. Oakes — (established 1330), 12,1Iatton-garden. City branch - 0, Algor gate-strect,l3aul;.—ADTT. 1 1 1 .16.4 1 12.10